shady (redirected from shadiest)

shad·y  (shd)

adj. shad·i·er, shad·i·est

1. Full of shade; shaded.

2. Casting shade: a shady grove.

3. Quiet, dark, or concealed; hidden.

4. Of dubious character or honesty; questionable. See Synonyms at dark.

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shadi·ly adv.

shadi·ness n.

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shady [ˈʃeɪdɪ]

adj shadier, shadiest

1. full of shade; shaded

2. affording or casting a shade

3. dim, quiet, or concealed

4. Informal dubious or questionable as to honesty or legality

shadily  adv

shadiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	shady - (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous; "a shady operation" fly-by-night untrustworthy, untrusty - not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person"
	2.	shady - of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting" louche disreputable - lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
	3.	shady - not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior" suspect, suspicious, fishy, funny colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech questionable - subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"
	4.	shady - filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands" shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous shaded - protected from heat and light with shade or shadow; "shaded avenues"; "o'er the shaded billows rushed the night"- Alexander Pope

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shady

adjective

1. shaded, cool, shadowy, dim, leafy, bowery, bosky (literary), umbrageous After flowering, place the pot in a shady spot.
shaded bright, exposed, sunny, open, out in the open, sunlit, unshaded

2. (Informal) crooked, dodgy (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. informal), unethical, suspect, suspicious, dubious, slippery, questionable, unscrupulous, fishy (informal), shifty, disreputable, untrustworthy Be wary of people who try to talk you into shady deals.
crooked straight, ethical, respectable, upright, honourable, honest, reputable, trustworthy, above-board

Translations

shady [ˈʃeɪdɪ] ADJ (shadier (compar) (shadiest (superl)))

1. (= shaded) [place] → sombreado
it's shady here → aquí hay sombra
under a shady tree → a la sombra de un árbol frondoso

2. (= dubious) [person] → dudoso; [deal] → turbio, chueco(Mex)

shady [ˈʃeɪdi] adj

[place, spot] → ombragé(e)
under a shady tree → à l'ombre d'un arbre

(= dishonest) [deal, business] → louche, véreux/euse; [financier, businessman, lawyer] → véreux/euse

shady

adj (+er)

place → schattig; tree, hat → Schatten spendend

(inf: = of dubious honesty) → zwielichtig, zweifelhaft; he has a shady past → er hat eine dunkle Vergangenheit; to be on the shady side of the law → dunkle Geschäfte treiben; on the shady side of forty (US inf) → vierzig vorbei (inf); there’s something shady about it → da ist etwas faul dran (inf)

shady [ˈʃeɪdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (place) → ombreggiato/a; (tree) → ombroso/a (fig) (person, deal) → losco/a, equivoco/a